One of the supreme vampire films, VAMPYR is eerie, original, otherworldly...and startling compared to Dreyer's silent film masterpiece THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC. Horrors are there, prescient, ever-present, yet cryptically elusive. Unforgettable and beautiful...
Just rented the Criterion copy at my library...Wow wow wow - the lighting, shadows, surrealistic nightmarish quality is just superb - and what an appropriate time of the year to be watching it - HAPPY HAUNTINGS - can't wait to watch it again along with the commentary, etc......THANKS CARL DREYER FOR THIS GEM!
I sat through this film and felt that I couldn't connect with it at all. I felt the interpretation was dull and it lacked any of the suspense and naturalism of Murnau or Lang. But each to his own.
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This movie is ridiculous. Why can't we understand what's going on here? Why is the dialogue so terrible? Why does the main actor suck? Why isn't it ever explained why they randomly find out where the vampire is, kill her, and then sand randomly falls on the doctor after he locks himself inside a cage that we've never seen before? And why do they leave in a random boat that they found lying in the river, and the lady never sits down?
Oh, right, he paid to be in the movie. WHAT A GREAT GUY.
"Vampyr" is/was one of those movies that was more about style and imagery than anything else. Dreyer was going for a 'dream sequence' feel, in the sense that dreams (and nightmares) often don't make any sense, are surrealistic, and thus aren't meant to be interpreted literally. A movie like "Vampyr" isn't trying for realism, or narrative cohesion; it's first and foremost about the images on the screen. Of course other films like "Nosferatu" do both; just not this particular film.
@pumutok Maybe you're too stupid to understand and feel? Sometimes things doesn't need to be explained and you just have to feel. For exemple, the white sand in the end, it's about erasing a dark figure in white. It's all very symbolic.
Just stick to Hollywood and you'll be alright pumutok.
Image Entertainment released "Vampyr" on DVD a few years back, and the disc isn't that bad considering how neglected the film has been...the one downside is that the subtitles are in a HUGE Gothic script with a white background and sometimes it blocks out nearly half the screen...
Criterian is releasing the late 90's restored version...so, that's going to be the best we can expect I think. I've seen clips and while not perfect, it is much better than any other copies out there.
One of the supreme vampire films, VAMPYR is eerie, original, otherworldly...and startling compared to Dreyer's silent film masterpiece THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC. Horrors are there, prescient, ever-present, yet cryptically elusive. Unforgettable and beautiful...
Icarais69 6 months ago
Below are all the goodies included in the CRITERION 2 DISC SET!
PinkPudding1 1 year ago
1966 Documentary about Dreyers career
visual essay by scholar Casper Tybjerg
radio broadcast from 1958 with Dreyer reading an essay about film making
PinkPudding1 1 year ago
New high definition digital transfer of original german version
New and improved english subtitle translation
Booklet featuring new essays by critics Mark Le Fanu and Kim Newman on the restoration and 1964 interview with producer and star Nicolas de Gumzburg
Booklet featuring original screen play and a beautiful 1872 story called Carmilla which is a source for the movie...
This is the BEST Criterion set I've EVER purchased!
YOU WILL LOVE IT!
newly created alternate version with english text
PinkPudding1 1 year ago
Audio commentary by film scholar Tony Rayns
PinkPudding1 1 year ago
Just rented the Criterion copy at my library...Wow wow wow - the lighting, shadows, surrealistic nightmarish quality is just superb - and what an appropriate time of the year to be watching it - HAPPY HAUNTINGS - can't wait to watch it again along with the commentary, etc......THANKS CARL DREYER FOR THIS GEM!
PinkPudding1 1 year ago
@PinkPudding1 Oh who does the commentary on the DVD release?
jjobie 1 year ago
@jjobie READ about all the goodies included in this Criterion set - I posted with everything in it!
PinkPudding1 1 year ago
Carl Theodor Dreyer is my great grandfather. I love this movie.
Alia31895 1 year ago 3
Ectasy of brilliance.
milofucker 2 years ago
i think many of us would appreciate it, please would you up load more
rocamultimedia 2 years ago
Vampyr: a dream turned into a movie.
kriitikko 2 years ago
Or a nightmare...
randomdave30 2 years ago
is she bathory?
pastereator 2 years ago
it is an adaptation of "carmille", a vampire woman that was an adaptation from erzebet bathory, technically yes, she is....
pastereator 2 years ago
:O My favorit movie of all time! :O
sunwheel 2 years ago
I sat through this film and felt that I couldn't connect with it at all. I felt the interpretation was dull and it lacked any of the suspense and naturalism of Murnau or Lang. But each to his own.
CalleAlJalili 2 years ago
I hope to see a properly restored version soon.
kfarm2001 3 years ago
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This movie is ridiculous. Why can't we understand what's going on here? Why is the dialogue so terrible? Why does the main actor suck? Why isn't it ever explained why they randomly find out where the vampire is, kill her, and then sand randomly falls on the doctor after he locks himself inside a cage that we've never seen before? And why do they leave in a random boat that they found lying in the river, and the lady never sits down?
Oh, right, he paid to be in the movie. WHAT A GREAT GUY.
pumutok 3 years ago
"Vampyr" is/was one of those movies that was more about style and imagery than anything else. Dreyer was going for a 'dream sequence' feel, in the sense that dreams (and nightmares) often don't make any sense, are surrealistic, and thus aren't meant to be interpreted literally. A movie like "Vampyr" isn't trying for realism, or narrative cohesion; it's first and foremost about the images on the screen. Of course other films like "Nosferatu" do both; just not this particular film.
jjobie 3 years ago 4
Yes, perfectly said jjobie.
JulieWong80 2 years ago
@pumutok Maybe you're too stupid to understand and feel? Sometimes things doesn't need to be explained and you just have to feel. For exemple, the white sand in the end, it's about erasing a dark figure in white. It's all very symbolic.
Just stick to Hollywood and you'll be alright pumutok.
stigrovare 1 year ago
I'm trying to find out more about semi-popular films. This has a very interesting opening.
orangevertigo 3 years ago
Is the rest of the video posted?
Olafthetroll 4 years ago
Image Entertainment released "Vampyr" on DVD a few years back, and the disc isn't that bad considering how neglected the film has been...the one downside is that the subtitles are in a HUGE Gothic script with a white background and sometimes it blocks out nearly half the screen...
caesarrdn 5 years ago
Criterian is releasing the late 90's restored version...so, that's going to be the best we can expect I think. I've seen clips and while not perfect, it is much better than any other copies out there.
TalkingPictureCo 3 years ago
Talking: I got the Criterion version recently, I haven't see any of the previous versions but I thought it was very good.
They even recreated English captions and text in the film that looks practically original.
NGS712 3 years ago
One of my favs. The atmosphere in this movie is incredible, wish I had it on DVD. Thanks for posting this preview.
zrincx 5 years ago